• 281st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.08% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 318 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yǎn (yan3)eye • small hole • crux (of a matter) • CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1] • classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

眼前 
眼泪 (眼淚)
眼睛 
眼神 
眼镜 (眼鏡)

Uncommon

一眼 
不起眼 
干瞪眼 (乾瞪眼)
傻眼 
冷眼 
刺眼 
合眼 
单眼皮 (單眼皮)
字眼 
小心眼 
心眼 
挑花眼 
抢眼 (搶眼)
放眼 
满眼 (滿眼)
熊猫眼 (熊貓眼)
白眼 
眉眼 
眨眼 
眨眼睛 
眼下 
眼光 
眼力 
眼圈 
眼巴巴 
眼影 
眼熟 
眼珠 
眼球 
眼界 
眼皮 
眼看 
眼眶 
眼睁睁 (眼睜睜)
眼睑 (眼瞼)
眼科 
眼帘 (眼簾)
眼红 (眼紅)
眼线 (眼線)
眼罩 
眼花 
眼药水 (眼藥水)
眼袋 
眼见 (眼見)
眼角 
睁眼 (睜眼)
瞎眼 
耀眼 
着眼 (著眼)
亲眼 (親眼)
猫眼 (貓眼)
转眼 (轉眼)
开眼 (開眼)
双眼 (雙眼)
双眼皮 (雙眼皮)
电眼 (電眼)
顺眼 (順眼)
显眼 (顯眼)
龙眼 (龍眼)

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  • 14th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.57% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 825 words
  • Component in 15 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhōng (Zhong1)China • Chinese • surname Zhong
2. zhōng (zhong1)within • among • in • middle • center • while (doing sth) • during
3. zhòng (zhong4)to hit (the mark) • to be hit by • to suffer • to win (a prize, a lottery)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

中午 
中国 (中國)
中国人 (中國人)
中央 
中心 
中意 
中文 
中奖 (中獎)
中华 (中華)
中间 (中間)
之中 
其中 
高中 

Uncommon

中介 
中伤 (中傷)
中共 
中南海 
中原 
中国式 (中國式)
中场 (中場)
中外 
中天 
中学 (中學)
中学生 (中學生)
中层 (中層)
中山 
中年 
中庸 
中式 
中性 
中指 
中新网 (中新網)
中断 (中斷)
中方 
中旬 
中暑 
中期 
中东 (中東)
中枢 (中樞)
中毒 
中环 (中環)
中产 (中產)
中石化 
中秋 
中秋节 (中秋節)
中立 
中等 
中级 (中級)
中老年 
中肯 
中兴 (中興)
中药 (中藥)
中行 
中西 
中转 (中轉)
中途 
中游 (中遊)
中部 
中医 (中醫)
中锋 (中鋒)
中关村 (中關村)
中风 (中風)
中饭 (中飯)
中餐 
个中 (個中)
初中 
台中 
命中 
命中率 
国中 (國中)
地中海 
梦中 (夢中)
孙中山 (孫中山)
家中 
市中心 
年中 
从中 (從中)
心中 
意中人 
击中 (擊中)
暗中 
无中生有 (無中生有)
猜中 
当中 (當中)
目中无人 (目中無人)
看中 
空中 
美中不足 
途中 
适中 (適中)
选中 (選中)
集中 
集中营 (集中營)
高中生 

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  • 2262nd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 34 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dīng (ding1)nail • to pin up • to nail • to keep at sb • to follow closely

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for dīng (ding1)The component is pronounced as 'dīng' (ding1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

耳钉 (耳釘)
钉子 (釘子)
铆钉 (鉚釘)

Uncommon

图钉 (圖釘)
斩钉截铁 (斬釘截鐵)
板上钉钉 (板上釘釘)
眼中钉 (眼中釘)
螺丝钉 (螺絲釘)
钉子户 (釘子戶)
钉死 (釘死)
钉耙 (釘耙)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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